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I just started using an iPhone. Carol has had one since the iPhone 4. I just got her iPhone 6S, and it's going OK. Like computers, iPhones and Android phones pretty much do all the same things. I have found a couple of things I like about the iPhone, and a few things that I miss, so I'm still up in the air about this change. There are a lot of people that love their iPhones, so I am posting an interesting link to an article that talks about some iPhone tips. I certainly have plenty to learn, and maybe that would help me like the iPhone more. Of course, I'm sure the same can be said about the Android, but the fact is, I'm more comfortable on Android right now. Still, that's not so bad. I'll learn some things, hopefully, and maybe I'll stick with it. I am definitely looking forward to trying out the iWatch. That may be the best reason to try an iPhone, in fact.
That takes us to accompanying products. The iPhone has the iWatch, and my Samsung Galaxy 7 has a Pebble watch associated with it. It was cheap, monochrome, but had some useful features I miss. The iWatch is much more expensive, and much more EXPANSIVE. There are equally good Android watches I'm sure, so that's not necessarily the reason to switch, but the iWatch certainly offers a fantastic amount of great software linking to the iPhone. That's a whole other article though. The link is HERE.
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Hi Carol and Brian ~
Twice today I have received phone calls, purporting to be from Microsoft, telling me that my ISP has been compromised by several countries and that my license will be revoked in 36 hours. The caller ID information was weird: the call supposedly came from my partner’s initials at our phone number. The woman’s voice exhorted me to press “1” which I did not do. If either of you has any light to shed on this, I’d appreciate it. The situation feels somewhat threatening, probably because I’m not up on this sort of thing. Many thanks in advance! Answer This is a scam. Microsoft will never call you. Many people get these demands via pop ups on their computer. Ultimately they will want you to give them access to your computer to fix a problem you don’t actually have. Then can take control of your computer, install malware and demand payment to fix it. Whatever number showed up was spoofed. Just hang up. In fact if you see your own number coming up on caller ID, don't bother answering it! IRS will never call you. Apple will never call you. Scam artists will and they'll be glad to take your money. I've had my current Android phone for 2 years and never even thought to do this. Plus, there are other security options I didn't know about, on unlocking my phone. I didn't know my Android had a finger print scanner, for example. Yet another way to unlock my
Android phone. Yes, I know iPhones have that, but they are ALWAYS talking about themselves. The link to this info in a great PopSugar article is right HERE. Thanks to the way Google processes your mail, you can modify part of your address for different situations and still get all your messages.
I found this recent tech tip from the New York times interesting and if you use google mail, I think its a pretty neat feature. Google mail ignores dots before the @. So you will get email addressed to FirstNameLastName@gmail.com or FirstName.LastName@Gmail.com. It's handy if people mistype your email, it will still get to you. Gmail also ignores anything after a plus sign. So you can sign up for newsletters and use Name+News@gmail.com and you'll receive the emails and be able to sort them. "Gmail also ignores characters after a plus sign (+) in the first part of the address. If you want a variant to use for online shopping or to see who’s selling your address to mailing lists, you can also use a technique called “plus addressing” to add a word or a few characters after the name part of your address — and then create a label and filter in the Gmail settings to sort messages sent there. For example, when you sign up for email newsletters, use the address firstnamelastname+news@gmail.com to sort the incoming messages sent to that variation of your address. If spam or newsletters you never signed up for begin to appear in your inbox, you’ll have an idea where the sender got your modified address." Another clever feature of gmail is that in the web version you can report a suspicious message by clicking the More triangle in the upper-right corner of the message next to the Reply arrow and choosing Report Phishing from the menu. Read article |
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